Sunday’s NBA action.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 95 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 89
MINNEAPOLIS – C.J. McCollum (Lehigh) netted 16 as Portland rallied from a halftime deficit and outscored Minnesota 32-15 in the third quarter. McCollum went on to score a career-high 43 points on 16-of-25 shooting from the floor and 8-of-9 shooting at the free-throw line. He also had five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
The Blazers (15-21) had lost seven of their last eight coming into last night, and it appeared to look like their losing ways would continue as the Wolves (11-23) jumped out to a 49-37 lead at halftime.
Mason Plumlee chipped in with 18 points and eight rebounds. Evan Turner and Allen Crabbe added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Andrew Wiggins led the Wolves with 24 points. Rising star Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 11 points and 13 boards but struggled from the field, converting just three of his 15 attempts.
ATLANTA HAWKS 114 SAN ANTONIO SPURS 112 (OT)
ATLANTA – Tim Hardaway Jr. knocked down the game-tying three with 3.3 seconds in regulation for the Hawks (18-16) to send this game into overtime. Hardaway matched his career-high with 29 points. Paul Millsap put in a game-high 32 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Mike Muscala (Bucknell) came off the bench to score two points and collect a rebound, steal, assist and a block. LaMarcus Aldridge (27 points and 13 boards) notched a double-double for the Spurs (27-7). Atlanta snapped an 11-game losing streak to San Antonio, and Mike Budenholzer picked up his first win in seven tries against his former organization. Budenholzer took the Hawks’ head coaching job in 2013 after 19 years as an assistant with the Spurs.
DETROIT PISTONS 107 MIAMI HEAT 98
MIAMI – Andre Drummond netted 25 points and 18 rebounds for the Pistons (16-20). Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 27 and 23 points, respectively. James Johnson had 20 points and seven boards for the Heat (10-25).
INDIANA PACERS 117 ORLANDO MAGIC 104
INDIANAPOLIS – Myles Turner paced the Pacers (17-18) with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic scored 18 points and grabbed 11 boards off the Magic’s (15-20) bench.
TORONTO RAPTORS 123 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 114
LOS ANGELES – Kyle Lowry dropped 20 of his season-high 41 points in the fourth quarter to help the Raptors (23-10) snap a two-game skid. Lowry also had nine rebounds and seven assists. DeMar DeRozan added 31 points in his hometown. D’Angelo Russell (28 points) and Nick Young (26 points) combined for 54 points and hit a combined 13-of-21 attempts from downtown for the Lakers (12-25).
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